Crosslink Spring 2006 Contributors

An Overview of Ground System Operations

Crosslink's guest editor for this issue, Marilee J. Wheaton, is General Manager of the Systems Engineering Division. She supports Aerospace customers in space systems architecture, design, and development. She has held numerous positions at Aerospace, including Principal Engineer in the Ground Systems Program Office, Systems Director for AFSCN Engineering and Integration, Associate Director for Directorate H Ground and Communications, Principal Director of the Business and Operations Analysis Subdivision, and General Manager of the Computer Systems Division. Most recently, as General Manager of the Computer Systems Division, she provided management and technical leadership for computer science and technology, computer systems engineering, and software acquisition. She was selected as an AWC Woman of the Year in 1986 and is a Fellow and Life Member of the Society of Women Engineers and an Associate Fellow of AIAA. She has an M.S. in systems engineering from the University of Southern California (marilee.j.wheaton@aero.org).

Evolution of the Air Force Satellite Control Network

(left to right) Carl A. Sunshine is Principal Director, Chief Engineer's Office, Satellite and Launch Control Systems. He has a Ph.D. in computer science from Stanford University (carl.a.sunshine@aero.org). Patrick C. James is Senior Project Leader, AFSCN Integration. He supported AFSCN as an Air Force officer before joining Aerospace. He has an M.S. in systems engineering from Air Force Institute of Technology (patrick.c.james@aero.org). Ronald G. Nishinaga is Principal Director of the AFSCN Directorate. He joined Aerospace in 1970. His organization received the Aerospace's Program of the Year award in 1994 for work on the CSOC. He has a Ph.D. in space systems engineering from UCLA (ronald.g.nishinaga@aero.org). Jeffrey S. Fedor is Systems Director for AFSCN. He joined Aerospace in 1988 to work in the CSOC program office. He also later served in the Defense Dissemination program office and the Information Technology Department. He has an M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California (jeffrey.s.fedor@aero.org).

The Use of Commercial Software in Ground Systems Development

Richard J. Adams is Senior Engineering Specialist in the Software Acquisition and Process Office of the Computer Systems Division. He joined Aerospace in 1985. He holds a B.S. in mathematics from California State University at Long Beach (richard.j.adams@aero.org). Suellen Eslinger is a Distinguished Engineer in the Software Engineering Subdivision. During her 16 years at Aerospace, she supported numerous SMC and NRO programs and has participated in RFP preparation, source selection, and support of the full system-development life cycle after contract award. She holds an M.S. in mathematics from the University of Arizona (suellen.eslinger@aero.org).

Net-Centric Operations for National Security Space

Craig A. Lee, Section Manager in the High Performance Computing Section, has worked in the area of parallel and distributed computing for 20 years. He is involved in the Global Grid Forum as cochair of the Advanced Programming Models Working Group, which has seen a dramatic progression of computing environments from single mainframes to parallel machines to networked clusters and now, to heterogeneous grids. He received a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of California at Irvine (craig.a.lee@aero.org).

Enterprise Architecture Modeling of Ground Systems

James N. Martin is a Senior Project Leader in the Systems Engineering Division. He assists in the development of enterprise architectures and provides consulting on systems engineering practices. He has been with Aerospace for five years. He is a Fellow of the International Council on Systems Engineering and leader of that group's standards committee. He has an M.S. in mechanical engineering from Stanford University and is a Ph.D candidate at George Mason University (james.n.martin@aero.org).

Technology Prototyping in Support of Future Ground System Requirements

Ronald L. Owens (left) is Director, Ground Systems Department, Computer Science and Technology Subdivision, Computers and Software Division. His expertise includes software reuse, information engineering, enterprise architecture standards, implementation of emerging information technologies, and network protocols and security. He received the DOD Defense Standardization Program Outstanding Performance Award for contributions in system interfaces, network protocols, and classified distributed system services. He joined Aerospace in 2002 and has a Ph.D. in information technology from George Mason University (ronald.l.owens@aero.org). D. Lamont Williams (right) is Senior Project Leader in the Ground Systems Department. He has also served as Director of the Network and Communications Support Department. He joined Aerospace in 1981. He holds a B.S. in industrial and systems engineering from Georgia Tech (dlamont.williams@aero.org).

Future Trends in Ground Systems

Michael M. Gorlick (left), Project Leader in the Computer Systems Research Department, leads research in wireless communication and wearable computing. He joined Aerospace in 1984. He has an M.S. in computer science from the University of British Columbia (michael.m.gorlick@aero.org). Samuel D. Gasster (right) is Senior Engineering Specialist in the Computer Systems Research Department, where he specializes in software and systems engineering for scientific and remote-sensing ground systems and data-modeling and data-management system development. He has worked at Aerospace for 15 years. He holds a Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, Berkeley (samuel.d.gasster@aero.org).

Information Assurance in the Global Information Grid

(left to right) Deborah A. Shands, an Engineering Specialist in the Information Assurance Technology Department, joined Aerospace in 2004. Her research focus is adaptive security. She holds a Ph.D. in computer and information science from the Ohio State University (deborah.a.shands@aero.org). Stuart G. Schaeffer is an Engineering Specialist in the Information Assurance Technology Department. He joined the department in 1994. He is a Senior Validator under the Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme (CCEVS). He holds an S.B. from MIT and an M.S. from UC Berkeley, both in electrical engineering. (stuart.g.schaeffer@aero.org). Leo G. Marcus, Research Scientist, works in information assurance and computer security. He has recently provided program support for GPS, Advanced EHF, Milstar, RSA, and SBIRS and has also worked on security architecture for C4ISR. He has a Ph.D. in mathematics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (leo.g.marcus@aero.org). Daniel P. Faigin, Senior Engineering Specialist, joined Aerospace in 1988. He's been supporting the CCEVS since its early incarnation as the Trusted Product Evaluation Program. He has an M.S. from UCLA (daniel.p.faigin@aero.org). Timothy E. Lelesi is Manager, Acquisition and Engineering, in the Information Assurance Technology Department. His program expertise includes security acquisition and engineering and information technology certification and accreditation. He holds an M.B.A. from the University of California at Irvine (timothy.e.lelesi@aero.org). Colin D. Cole, Project Engineer in Milsatcom Space Program Operations, supports information assurance on the key-management architecture for Advanced EHF. He joined Aerospace in 2000 after receiving an M.S. in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Arizona (colin.d.cole@aero.org). Since joining Aerospace three years ago, Nicole M. Carlson has provided information assurance engineering support to several Air Force programs. She is a validator for the CCEVS. She holds an M.S. in computer science from the University of California at Davis (nicole.m.carlson@aero.org).

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